Stop Food Recalls Before They Start
See how food and beverage manufacturers use vision AI to catch labeling and coding errors before product ships.
Add a real-time verification layer to every coded unit on the line with vision AI for date and lot code verification. Built for the operations where one no-print event, clogged printhead, or stale date left running after changeover can mean pallets rejected at the retailer's DC, a recall that widens because the lot can't be read, or a finding on a regulated line. Whether you're coding cans and bottles on a filler, pouches and film on a flow wrapper, cartons on a cartoner, or cases at palletizing, Roboflow extends your verification coverage to every unit at line speed, validatable under FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and cGMP.
Date, Lot, and Expiration Code Reading:
Catch Coding Failures at Line Speed:
Serialization, Traceability, and Line Integration:
Bring intelligence to every code today. Stop coding errors from becoming retailer chargebacks, unscoped recalls, or compliance findings.
What is date and lot code verification with Vision AI?
Date and lot code verification with vision AI uses computer vision and OCR models to read the date, lot, batch, and expiration codes printed on every unit, and verify the content matches what the active work order says it should be. Models trained on your actual packaging and print conditions check presence, legibility, correctness, and placement at line speed on every unit rather than sampled checks, with per-unit records that support FDA 21 CFR Part 11, cGMP, and FSMA traceability requirements.
Can Vision AI read smudged codes on curved or glossy packaging?
Curved cans, glossy film, condensation, and dot-matrix inkjet are what make code reading hard: characters wrap around radii, glare washes out low-contrast print, and a partially clogged printhead produces codes a fixed-threshold reader gives up on. Deep-learning OCR models trained on your real substrates, your printers, and your line conditions read through distortion, gloss, and partial print, and classify the borderline cases (legible but degrading) so you can catch a failing printhead before it produces a single unreadable unit.
Does date and lot code verification support FSMA and DSCSA?
Yes. Roboflow models can run as documented verification controls that support FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) traceability and recall-scoping requirements, DSCSA (Drug Supply Chain Security Act) serialization programs, cGMP batch record accuracy, and FDA 21 CFR Part 11 electronic records, alongside GS1 coding standards for retailer compliance. Roboflow is the verification engine; your quality and regulatory teams own the acceptance criteria, and the platform keeps the per-unit records, model versions, and training data lineage that audits ask for.
Can it integrate with our coding equipment, reject systems, and MES?
Yes. Roboflow Inference exposes a standard API and supports common industrial protocols, so verification events flow into your existing systems: coding and marking equipment from Videojet, Domino, and Markem-Imaje, line PLCs from Allen-Bradley and Siemens, SCADA and HMI platforms like Ignition and AVEVA, MES and ERP systems like SAP and Oracle, through REST, MQTT, OPC UA, and direct database writes. PLC-level integration drives rejects, diverts, and line stops the moment a missing or wrong code appears, with a full audit trail behind every decision.
